CORYNOMORPHA-COSCINOPORA. shape of the fruit.) A genus of New Zealand pats, consisting of a tree about twenty feet in height, with large terminal panicles of white flowers: Order, Myrsinaceæ. CERYNOMORPHA, kor-e-no-mawr'fa, s. (koryne, and phe, a shape, Gr.) A genus of Corals, allied to Coryna. CORYNOSTYLIS, kor-e-nos'te-les, s. (koryne, a club, and stylos, a style, Gr.) A genus of plants: Order, Violacere. CORYPHA, kor'e-fa, s. (korphe, the summit of anything. Gr.) Fan-palm, a genus of trees, growing to the height of one hundred feet, with fan-shaped leaves, the topmost of which are sometimes twenty feet long and fifteen feet broad: Order, Palmaceæ. CORYPHENA, kor-e-fe'na, s. (koryphaios, a leader, Gr.) A genus of fishes belonging to the subfamily Coryphaenine, distinguished from the other genus Lampagus, by having the ventral fins larger than the pectorals. CORYPHENE.-See Coryphæna. CORYPHEUS, kor-e-fe'us, s. (korphe, summit, Gr.) CORTSTES, ko-ris'tes, s. (korys, a helmet, Gr.) The Long-clawed Crab, a genus of Brachyurous, or short-tailed Crustaceans, having the surface of the Carapace somewhat granulous, with two denticles between the eyes, and three sharp points directed forwards on each side: found on the English and French coasts. CORYTHALX, kor-e-tha'iks, s. (korythaiz, a crestplamed warrior, Gr.) The Tourocos, a genus of elegant African birds, belonging to the family Musophagidae, or Plantain-eaters. CORTTHUS, kore-thus, s. (korythus, Greek name of an unknown bird.) The Pine-beaks, a genus of birds, separated by Cuvier from the genus Loxia, or Cross-bills: Family, Fringillida. CORTZA, ko-ri'za, 8. (koryza, from korys, or kora, the head, and zeo, I boil, Gr.) Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nostrils, or the eyes, &c. COSCINIUM, kos-sin'e-um, s (koskinon, a little sieve, Gr. in allusion to the seeds being pierced.) The Knotted Plant, a genus of plants, natives of Ceylun: Order, Memispermaceæ. COSCINODON, kos-sin'o-don, s. (koskinedon, in the manner of a sieve, Gr.) A genus of Ur-moss plants: Order, Bryaces. COSCINOMANCY, kos-se-nom ́an-se, s. (koskinon, and manteia, divination, Gr.) An ancient mode of divination by means of a sieve. COSCINOPORA, kos-se-nop'o-ra, s. (koskinon, and puros, a pore, Gr.) A genus of corals found in the fossil state: one of the species, C. infundibuliformis, is found in the Chalk formation of Ireland. [53] COSECANT-COSMOLOGICAL. COSECANT, ko-sek'kant, s. In Geometry, the secant COSENTIENT, ko-sen'shent, a. (con, and sentio, I COSIGNIFICATIVE, ko-sig-nif'e-kay-tiv, a. Having the same signification. COSINAGE, kuz'in-ij, s. (cousinage, Fr.) In Law, a writ to recover land, when a stranger has entered and abated, after the death of the tresail, or the grandfather's grandfather, or other collateral relation. COSINE, koʻsine, s. In Geometry, the sine of an arc which is the complement of another to ninety degrees. COSMEA, kos'me-a, s. (kosmios, well arranged, Gr.) COSMETIC, koz-met ́ik, a. (kosmetikos, Gr.) Having the power of improving beauty; beautifying; -s. any preparation that renders the skin soft and white, or helps to beautify and improve the complexion. COSMIBUENA, kos-me-bu-e'na, s. (in honour of a. (kosmos, the world, Gr.) Relating to the world, or the whole system of visible bodies, including the earth and stars. In Astronomy, rising or setting with the sun; not acronical. COSMICALLY, koz'me-kal-le, ad. With the sun, as a star is said to rise or set cosmically, when it rises or sets with the sun. COSMOGONIST, koz-mog'o-nist, s. One who treats of the creation of the world. COSMOGONY, koz-mog'go-ne, s. (kosmogonia, Gr.) In Physics, the science or theory of the formation of the world. COSMOGRAPHER, koz-mog'gra-fur, s. scribes the world or the universe. One who de COSMOGRAPHIC, koz-mo-grafik, a. RelatCOSMOGRAPHICAL, koz-mo-graf'e-kal, ing to the general description of the universe. COSMOGRAPHICALLY, koz-mo-graf'e-kal-le, ad. In a manner relating to the science by which the structure of the world or the arrangement of the universe is described. COSMOGRAPHY, koz-mog'gra-fe, s. (kosmographia, Gr.) A description of the world or universe, or the science of describing the several parts of the visible world. COSMOLABE, kozʼmo-labe, s. (kosmos, the world, and lambano, I take, Gr.) An ancient instrument for measuring celestial and terrestrial distances, similar to the astrolabe: called also, pantacosm. COSMOLATORY, koz-molʼa-tur-e, s. (kosmos, and latreyo, I worship, Gr.) The Pagan worship of the earth. COSMOLOGICAL, koz-mo-loj'e-kal, a. (kosmos, and logos, a discourse, Gr.) Relating to the science which describes the universe. COSMOLOGIST-COSSYPHUS. COSMOLOGIST, koz-mol ́o-jist, s. One who studies cosmology, or describes the universe. COSMOLOGY, koz-mol'o-je, s. The science relating to the structure and parts of creation, the elements of bodies, and the laws of motion. COSMOPLASTIC, koz-ino-plastik, a. (kosmos, and plasso, I form, Gr.) Relating to the formation of the world. COSMOPOLITAN, koz-mo-pol'e-tan, s. (kosmos, and COSMOPOLITE, koz-mop'o-lite, Spolites, a citizen, Gr.) A citizen of the world; one who makes himself at home wherever he goes. COSMOPOLITANISM, koz-mo-pol'e-tan-izm, s. The state of the human family, as distinguished from national or sectional interests; a state of universal community, in which the interests of all will be regarded. COSMORAMA, koz-mo-raʼma, s. (kosmos, and horao, I see, Gr.) An optical exhibition, in which different places are represented, as if of their natural size. Cosmos, kos'mos, s. (kosmos, beautiful, Gr.) A genus of Composite plants: Tribe, Senecionidex. COSMOSTIGMA, kos-mo-stig'ma, s. (kosmos, ornamented, and stigma, Greek, in consequence of the stigma being adorned by a narrow ring.) A genus of East Indian twining shrubs, with racenose flowers: Order, Asclepiadacea. Coss, kos, s. An Indian itinerary measure, varying in different places, and generally distinguished by the standard and common coss: the former is deduced from its proportion to a degree of the meridian; the latter rests on popular computation: the standard coss is in some places 35 to a degree; in others, 37, 40, 45; while the common coss varies from 1 to 23 British miles: called also, cos, cros, crosa, and hardary. COSSACKS, kos'saks, s. pl. Tribes inhabiting the eastern and southern parts of Russia, Poland, the Ukraine, &c.: they form a kind of military democracy. COSSAS, kos'sas, s. Plain India muslins, of various qualities and breadths. COSSET, kos'set, s. (derivation doubtful.) A lamb brought up without the dam. Cossic, kos'sik, a. Relating to algebra.--Obsolete.. COSSIGNEA, kos-sin'e-a, s. (in honour of M. Cossigny, a French naturalist.) A genus of plants: Order, Sapindaceæ. COSSONUS, kos'so-nus, s. (cossus, a wood insect, and sonus, a sound, Lat.) A genus of Coleopterous insects: Family, Curculionidae. Cossus, kos'sus, s. (Latin, an insect bred in wood.) A genus of nocturnal Lepidoptera, the larva of which feed on wood. The Cossus ligniperda is one of the largest of the British moths. COSSYPHENES, kos'se-fe-nes, s. (cossiphus, one of the genera.) A section of Coleopterous insects, in which the body is ovate or subhemispherical, and overlapped in its contour by the dilated or flattened sides of the thorax and elytra; the head is entirely concealed under the thorax, and in others received into an interior emargination of the same part; the last joint of the maxillary palpi larger than the preceding ones, and is securiform. COSSYPHUS, kos'se-fus, s. (kossyphos, a blackbird, Gr.) A genus of Coleopterous insects of the section Heteroma: Family, Taxicornes. COSSYPHUS, kos', e-fus, 8. (korzyphos, a blackbird, COST-COSUPREME. Gr.) A genus of Thrushes, natives of Africa: Family, Merulidæ. COST, kost, s. (kosten, Dutch and Germ.) The price of anything; charge; expense; sumptuousness; luxury; loss; fine; detriment; a rib or side. Seldoin used in the last sense. Betwixt the costs of a ship.-Ben Jonson, Pust and past part. of the verb To cost;-v. n. to be bought for; to be had at a price. Costs, in Law, the expenses in the prosecution and defence of actions; consisting of money paid to the king and government for fines and stamp duties, to the officers of the courts, and to the counsel and attorneys for their fees, &c. COSTE, kos'te, s. (costa, a rib, Lat.) In Botany, the main veins which proceed directly from the base to the apex, or to the points of the lobes of a leaf. COSTAL, kos'tal, a. Relating or belonging to the ribs. COSTARD, kos'tard, s. A large round apple; the head. Obsolete in the last sense. Take him over the costard with the hilt of thy sword.Shaks. COSTARDMONGER, kos'tard-mung-gur,) s. A perCOSTERMONGER, kos'tur-mung-gar, son who deals in apples; but more generally applied to those who carry fruit and vegetables about for sale. COSTARIA, kos-ta're-a, s. (costa, a rib, Lat.) A genus of Fuci: Tribe, Laminarida. COSTATE, kos'tate, a. (costatus, Lat.) In Botany, a term applied either to indicate the presence of but one rib in a leaf, or where three or more ribs proceed from the base to the apex, or to the points of the lobes. In Zoology, when the surface of a shell or animal is marked with rib-like elevations. COSTELLARIA, kos-tel-la're-a, s. (costus, a rib, Lat.) A genus of bivalvular Mollusca, belonging to the subfamily Mitranæ. The shell is unequally fusiform, with the spire longer than the aperture; the body whorl slightly ventricose, but contracted at the base; the internal striæ are distinct; the whorls convex, sometimes augulated; the ribs reaching to the suture. COSTIVE, kos'tiv, a. (constipo, I bind, Lat.) Bound in the body; having the excretions obstructed; close; constipated; cold; formal. COSTIVELY, kos ́tiv-le, ad. With costiveness. COSTIVENESS, kos'tiv-nes, s. The state of the body in which excretion is obstructed; coldness; stiffness. COSTLESS, kost'les, a. Costing nothing; without expense. COSTLINESS, kost'le-nes, s. Sumptuousness; expensiveness. COSTLY, kost'le, a. Sumptuous; expensive; of a high price. COSTMARY, kost'ma-re, s. The English name of the genus of the Composite plants Balsamita. COSTREL, kos'trel, s. A bottle.-Obsolete. COSTUME, kos-tume', s. (French.) In the Fine Arts, the strict observance of proper character as to persons and things in dress, arms, marners, the scene represented, &c., so that all correspond; style or mode of dress. COSTUS, kos'tus, s. (Latin.) A genus of plants: A fellow-sufferer. A partaker of su COSURETY-COTTON. COSTRETT, ko-sure'te, s. One who is surety with mother. Cokot, & (Saxon.) A small house; a cottage; Ta hat; a mean habitation; a sheepfold; a little beat; a cade lamb; a small bed; a cradle. COTANGENT, ko-tan jent, s. In Geometry, the tangent of an are which is the complement of another to ninety degrees. Cora kot, . a. To leave behind; to overpass.Seldom used as a verb. COTEMPORANEOUS, ko-tem-po-ra'ne-us, a. Living or being at the same time. COTEMPORANEOUSLY, ko-tem-po-ra'ne-ous-le, ad. At the same time with another event. COTEMPORARY, ko-tem'po-ra-re, s. One who lives at the same time with another;-a. living at the same time: contemporary is generally used. COTENANT, ko-ten'ant, s. A tenant in common. COTERIE, ko-tur-re', &. (French.) A friendly or select party; a fashionable association. COTERMINOUS, ko-ter'me-nus, a. Bordering on. COTHURNATE, ko-thur'nate, I a. Buskined; COTHURNATED, ko-thur'nay-ted, relating to tragedy. COTHURNUS, ko-thur'nus, s. (Latin.) The name of the buskin used by the ancient tragedians. COTICULAR, ko-tik'n-lar, a. (coticula, a little whetstone, Lat.) Relating to whetstones; resembling or suitable for whetstones. COTILLON, ko-til'yong, s. (French.) A brisk lively dance, in which eight persons are usually employed. COTLAND, kot land, 8. Land appendant to a cot tage. CorQCEAN, kot kween, s. A man who busies himself with women's affairs. COTRUSTEE, ko-trus-tee', s. A joint trustee. COTSWOLD, kots'wolde, s. (cote, a cottage, and wold, an open plain, Sax.) Sheep-cotes in an open country; sheep-feeding on wolds. CUTT, kot, s. (cot, cote, a bed, Sax.) A particular sort of bed-frame, suspended from the beams of a ship for the officers to sleep in. COTTABTS, kot'ta-bus, s. An ancient Greek game, in which wine was to be dexterously thrown from cups into basins floating in water. COTTAGE, kot'taje, s. (from cot.) A small house; a but or cot. COTTAGED, kot'tayjd, a. Having cottages. COTTAGELY, kot'taje-le, ad. Rustic; suitable to a cottage. S. A cottager. COTTAGER, kot'tay-jur, &. One who lives in a hut or cottage. In Law, one who lives on a common without paying rent, or having land of his own. COTTAR, kot'tur, COTTER, kot'tur, COTTIER, kot'yur.) COTTIDE, kot te-de, s. The Bull-heads, or Miller'sthumbs, a family of fishes, with large, depressed, broad foreheads, armed with spines and tubercles; the body naked, or with only small patches of scales: Tribe, Canthileptes, or Mail-cheeks. COTTON, kot'tn, 8. (coton, Fr.) The filamentous down which lines the capsules of various species of the genus Gossypium, plants growing in warm countries, and indigenous to America and India. The common distinctions of the varieties are1st, the Cotton-tree, G. arboretum; 2d, Shrubcotton, G. religiosum; 3d, Herbaceous-cotton, G. herbaceum. It is to the latter kind that the planters confine their attention in the southern COTTON-GRASS-COTYLIFORM. parts of North America. The other varieties are Nankin cotton, Green-seeded cotton, and Sea-island or Long-staple cotton. COTTON-GRASS, kot'tn-gras, s. The plant Eriophorum polystachion, a British species found on wet heaths: Order, Cyperaceæ. COTTONOUS, kot'tn-us, a. Downy; full of cotCOTTONY, kot'tn-e, ton; soft as cotton; overgrown with a soft pubescence like cotton. COTTON-ROSE, kot'tn-roze, s. The common name of the Composite genus of plants Filago.-Which COTTON-THISTLE, kot'tn-this'sl, s. see. The common name of the Onopordum acanthium, and other plants of the same genus: Order, Compositæ. COTTON-WEED, kot'tn-weed, s. The common name of the Composite plant Diotis maritima. COTTUS, kot tus, s. (kotte, a head, Gr. from the large size of the head.) A genus of fishes, in which the body is entirely naked, with two distinct dorsal fins, and the preoperculum armed with very sharp spines. It includes two British species, the C. bubulis, or Father-lasher. and C. scorpio, or Seascorpion. The genus forms the type of Swainson's family Cottidæ, or Bull-heads. COTULA, kot'u-la, s. (dim. of cota, an old name for some species of Anthemis, of which Cotula has a miniature resemblance.) A genus of plants: Order, Compositæ. COTUNITE, ko-tun'ite, s. A mineral which occurs in extremely minute acicular crystals in the crater of Vesuvius. It consists of lead, 74.52; muriatic acid, 25.46; sp. gr. 2.897: named after M. Cottunia. COTURNIX, ko-tur'niks, s. (Latin name.) The Quail, a genus of birds of the Grouse kind: Family, Struthonida COTYLE, ko'te-le, s. (kotyle, a cup, or cavity, Gr.) In Anatomy, the hollow in the illium which receives the head of the femor, or thigh-bone. COTYLEDON, ko-te-le'don, s. (kotyle, a cavity, Gr.) In Botany, the embryo of a plant consists of three parts the radicle, or young root; the cotyledons, or young leaves; and the plumule, or young stem. When the embryo has one leaf only, it is termed monocotyledonous, and when it has two leaves, dicotyledonous: the name also given to Kidneyworts, a genus of plants, from the cup-like shape of the leaves of some of the species, which consist of fleshy shrubs, with loose panicled purple or orangecoloured flowers; natives of the Cape of Good Hope: Order, Crassulacea. In Comparative Anatomy, the cup-shaped vascular productions of the chorion in ruminating animals, which serve the office of a placenta, are termed cotyledons. COTYLEDONEE, ko-te-le-do'ne-e, s. A term used for cotyledonous plants, now more generally termed Vasculares, including the Exogens, or Dicotyledons, and the Endogens, or Monocotyledons. COTYLEDONOUS, ko-te-le'do-nus, a. Having cotyledons, or seed leaves. COTYLEPHORUS, ko-te-lef'o-rus, s. (kotyle, a cup, and phoro, I bear, Gr. from the belly being furnished with cup-shaped suckers.) A genus of fishes, in which the head and body are very broad, flattened, and short; anal fin long; caudal forked; the dorsal short and triangular: Family, Cobitidæ. COTYLIFORM, ko-til'e-fawrm, a. (kotyle, a cup, Gr.) In Physiology, applied to such organs as have a rotate figure, with an erect limb. species of the horse, more nearly allied to Equus caballus, or the true horse, than to Zebra. The hair on the neck and shoulders is brown, with whitish transverse stripes; the croup is of a reddish-grey; tail and legs whitish. The name is expressive of its voice, which resembles the barking of a dog. COUCH, kowtsh, v. n. (coucher, Fr.) To lie down on a place of repose; to lie down on the knees: to lie down in secret or in ambush; to lie in a bed or stratum; to stoop or bend down; to lower in reverence or fear; to bend under labour or pain; -v. a. to repose; to lay on a place of rest; to lay down anything in a bed or strata; to bed; to hide in another body; to involve; to include; to comprise; to include secretly; to lay close to another; to fix the spear in the rest, in the posture of attack; to depress the condensed crystaline humour or film that overspreads the pupil of the eye; to remove a cataract ;-s. a seat of repose, on which it is common to lie down dressed; a bed; a place of repose; a layer or stratum. In Painting, a lay or impression of colour in oil or water, on the canvass, wall, or other surface to be painted; also, a lay or impression on anything to make it firm and consistent, or to screen it from the weather. COUCHANT, kowtsh'ant, a. (French.) Lying down; squatting. In Heraldry, the posture of lying down, but with the head erect; applied to a lion or other beast. COUCHEE, koo'she, s. (French.) Bedtime; late visiting at night.-Seldom used. None of the sylvan subjects made their court; Levees and couchees pass'd without resort.-Dryden. COUCHER, kowtsh'ur, s. One who couches or depresses cataracts. In old statutes, a factor; also, a book in which a religious house registers its transactions and deeds. COUCH-FELLOW, kowtsh'fel-lo, s. A bedfellow; a companion in lodgings. COUCH-GRASS, kowtsh'gras, s. Agropyrum repens, one of the British grasses, the Triticum repens of Linnæus: Order. Graminaceæ. COUCHING, kowtsh'ing, s. The act of bending or bowing; the clearing of land from couch-grass; also, a mode of operating in cases of cataract, by which the opaque lens is removed out of the axis of vision. COUCHLESS, kowtsh'les, a. Having no bed. COUEPIA, kow-e'pe-a, s. (couepi, the name in Guiana.) A genus of trees, natives of Guiana : Order, Chrysobalanacea COUGH, kof, s. (kuef, Goth.) A convulsive motion of the diaphragm, muscles of the larynx, thorax, &c.; expelling the air that was drawn into the lungs by inspiration, and carrying along with it the phlegm, or irritating matter, which causes the convulsive effort of the muscles;-e. n. to emit air with a loud noise from the lungs while convulsed either by irritation of the mucous membrane of the windpipe, or the presence of pus in the airvessels of the lungs ;-. to expectorate matter from the bronchial vessels. COUGHER, kof fur, s. One who coughs. COULD COUNTENANCE. COULD, kúd, The past of can, signifying having sufficient power. COULTER, kole'tur, s. The fore iron of a plough which cuts the sod. COULTERIA, kol-te 're-a, s. (in honour of Dr. T. Conlter.) A genus of South American plants, consisting of trees or shrubs, with yellow flowers disposed in racemes: Order, Fabaceæ. CoUMA, kow'ma, s. (Carribean name.) A genus of trees, natives of Cayenne and Guiana: Order, Аросупасеæ. CoUMARIN, kow-maʼrin, s. Crystaline odoriferous substances obtained from the Tonka-bean, the seed of Dipteryx odorata, the Courmarouna odorata of Aublet. COUNCIL, kown'sil, s. (concilium, Lat.) An assembly of persons met together in consultation, or to give advice; act of deliberation; an assembly of persons met for the purpose of advising the sovereign, or concerting measures of state, as a cabinet or privy council; an assembly of prelates and doctors, convened for the regulation of matters relative to the doctrine or discipline of the church. Council of War, an assembly of the principal officers of an army or fleet, called by the general or admiral to concert measures for necessary operations. Common Council of a city, a body of persons elected by the citizens for the management of local affairs. Ecumenical Council, in Church History, an assembly representing the whole body of the universal church. Council Board, the table round which a council deliberates; also, the council itself in deliberation. Privy Council, a select council for advising the sovereign in state matters. COUNCILLOR, kown'sil-lur, s. A member of a council. COUNDERSTANDING, ko-un-dur-standing, s. Mutual understanding. COUNITE, ko-u-nite', v. a. To unite.-Obsolete. COUNSEL, kown'sel, s. (conseil, Fr.) Advice; direction; consultation; interchange of opinions; deliberation; examination of consequences; prudence; art; machination; secrecy; the secrets intrusted in consulting; those who plead a cause, or give counsel in law: a barrister or barristers;v. a. (consilion, Lat.) to give advice or counsel to any person; to advise anything. COUNSELLABLE, kown'sel-la-bl, a. Willing to receive and follow the advice or opinions of others; advisable. COUNSELLOR, kown'sel-lur, s. One who gives advice; a confidant; a bosom friend; one appointed to advise a king or chief magistrate; one who is consulted in a case of law, and manages a cause for a client; a lawyer. COUNSELLORSHIP, kown'sel-lur-ship, s. The office of a counsellor. COUNT, kownt, v. a. (counter, old Fr.) To number; to tell; to preserve a reckoning; to reckon; to place to an account; to esteem; to account; to consider as having a certain character, whether good or evil :-. n. to found an account or scheme on; s. number; reckoning; number summed; estimation; account; a title of foreign nobility, equivalent to an English earl. In Law, a charge in an indictment, or a declaration in pleading. COUNTABLE, Kown'ta-bl, a. That may be num bered. COUNTENANCE, kown'te-nans, s. (contenance, Fr.) The form of the face; the system of the features; COUNTENANCER-COUNTERCHARM. air; look; calmness of look; composure of face; confidence of mein; aspect of assurance, commonly ased in the phrases-'in countenance' and 'out of countenance;' kindness or ill-will, as it appears pon the face; patronage; appearance of favour; appearance on any side; support; superficial appearance; show; resemblance;-.a. to support; to patronise; to vindicate; to make a show of; to act suitably to anything; to keep up any appearance; to encourage; to appear in defence. COUNTENANCER, kown'te-nan-sur, s. One who countenances or supports another. COUNTER, kown'tur, &. A false piece of money used as a means of reckoning; money in contempt; a table on which goods are viewed and ney counted in a shop; a box for cash; a reckoner; encounter; trial of skill.-Obsolete in the last two senses. And he, the man whom nature selfe had made To mock herselfe, and truth to imitate, With kindly counter under mimic shade.-Spenser. In a ship, an arc or vault, whose upper part is terminated by the bottom of the stern; countertimbers, short timbers in the stern, for the purpe of strengthening the counter; counterbrace, the lee brace of the foretopsail yard; counter of a horse, that part of a horse's forehand that lies between the shoulder and under the neck. In Music, the name of an under part, to serve for extrast to a principal part;-ad. (contra, Lat. custre, Fr.) contrary to; in opposition to; commonly used with the verb to run; as, to run counter to the truth;' the wrong way, contrary to the right course; in a contrary manner, the face in opposition to the back.-Obsolete in the last sense. The word counter is often found in composition, and may be placed before either substantives or verbs used in a sense of opposition.] COUNTERACT, kown-tur-akt', v. a. To hinder or frustrate by contrary agency. COUNTERACTION, kown-tur-ak'shun, s. Opposition; hinderance. COUNTERACTIVE, Kown-tur-ak'tiv, a. Tending to weigh against; to act against with an opposite weight. opposite weight; equivalent power. COUNTERBOND, kown 'tur-bond, 8. A countersarety, or counterbond to a surety. OUNTERBUFF, kown-tur-buf', v. a. To impel in a direction opposite to the former impulse; to strike back;-s. a blow in a contrary direction; a stroke that produces a recoil. COUNTERCAST, kown'tur-kast, 8. A trick; delusive contrivance. COUNTERCASTER, Kown'tur-kas-tur, s. An arithmetician; a book-keeper or caster of accounts.— Seldom used. I, of whom his eyes had seen the proof At Rhodes, at Cyprus must be befeed and calm'd By debtor and creditor, this countercaster.—Shaks. COUNTERCHANGE, kown'tur-tshanje, s. Exchange; reciprocation. COUNTERCHARM, kown-tur-tshărın', v. a. To destroy the effect of an enchantment. COUNTERCHECK-COUNTERMARK. Stop; reTo op COUNTERCHECK, kown'tur- tshek, s. buke; check. COUNTERCHECK, kown-tur-tshek', v. a. pose; to stop with sudden opposition. COUNTERDRAW, kown-tur-draw', v. a. In Painting, to copy a design or painting by means of a fine linen cloth, an oiled paper, or other transparent matter, whereon the strokes appearing through are traced with a pencil. COUNTEREVIDENCE, kown-tur-ev'e-dens, s. Testimony by which the deposition of some former witness is opposed. COUNTERFEIT, kown'tur-fit, v. a. (contrefaire, Fr.) To copy, with an intent to pass the copy for an original; to forge; to imitate; to copy; to resemble;-v. n. to feign; to dissemble;-a. made in imitation of another, with intent to pass for the original; forged; fictitious; deceitful; hypocritical;-8. one who personates another; an impostor; something made in imitation of another, intended COUNTERFEITER, kown'tur-fit-ur, s. A forger; an to pass for that which it resembles; a forgery. impostor; one who endeavours to pass spurious COUNTERFEITLY, kown'tur-fit-le, ad. Falsely; copies as genuine and original. fictitiously; with forgery. COUNTERFEITNESS, kown'tur-fit-nes, s. The state of being counterfeit. COUNTERFESANCE, kown-tur-fe'zans, s. (contrefaisance, Fr.) The act of counterfeiting; forgery. COUNTERFOIL, kown'tur-foyl, s. That part of a tally struck in the exchequer, which is kept by an officer of that court, the other being given to the person who has lent the king money on the account, and is termed the stock. COUNTERFORT, kown'tur-forte, s. In Architecture, a buttress or pier, built against, and at right angles to a wall, to strengthen it. COUNTERGAGE, kown'tur-gaje, s. In Carpentry, the measure of the joints, by transferring the breadth of a mortise to the plan, on the other timber, where the tenon is to be made, to adapt them to each other. COUNTERGUARDS, kown'tur-gyårdz, s. In Fortification, small ramparts with parapets and ditches, to cover some part of the body of a place. COUNTERLIGHT, kown'tur-lite, s. A window or light opposite to anything, which makes it appear to a disadvantage. COUNTERMAND, kown'tur-mand, s. Revocation of a former order. COUNTERMAND, kown-tur-mand', r. a. (contromander, Fr.) To give an opposite order to what was intended or ordered before; to annul or repeal a command; to contradict the orders of another; to oppose or prohibit. COUNTERMARCH, kown'tur-martsh, s. In Military affairs, a change of the face or wings of a battalion, by which means those that were in the front come to be in the rear; march in a backward direction; change of measures; alteration of conduct. COUNTERMARCH, kown-tur-mărtsh', v. n. To march backward. COUNTERMARK, kown'tur-mårk, 8. A mark pnt upon goods that have been marked before; also, the several marks put upon goods belonging to different persons, to show that they must not be opened but in the presence of all the owners or their agents; the mark of the Goldsmiths' Com |